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// QuintessentialCollection.java

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import java.util.*;



/**

 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 * Used to provide an example of printing a container.  Unlike arrays,

 * containers require no special formating help when being printed.

 *

 * @author Jeffrey M. Hunter  (jhunter@idevelopment.info)

 * @author http://www.idevelopment.info

 *         -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 * @version 1.0

 */



public class QuintessentialCollection {





    /**

     * An overloaded method from the Collection class.

     */

    public static Collection fill(Collection c) {

        c.add("Enterprise Server");

        c.add("Department Server");

        c.add("Workstation");

        return c;

    }





    /**

     * An overloaded method from the Map class.

     */

    public static Map fill(Map m) {

        m.put("Enterprise Server", "Sun Solaris");

        m.put("Enterprise Server", "HP-UX");

        m.put("Department Server", "Linux");

        m.put("Workstation", "MS Windows");

        m.put("Workstation", "Macintosh");

        return m;

    }





    /**

     * Provides an example of the default printing behavior of the Collection

     * and Map classes. This is provided by the various toString() methods of

     * the containers.

     */

    public static void doPrintContainer() {



        Collection p1;

        Map m1;



        List a1 = new ArrayList();

        p1 = fill(a1);

        System.out.println("\n");

        System.out.println("+-------------+");

        System.out.println("| ArrayList   |");

        System.out.println("+-------------+");

        System.out.println("  - Ordered group of elements");

        System.out.println("  - Duplicates allowed");

        System.out.println("================================");

        System.out.println("    " + p1 + "\n");





        List a2 = new LinkedList();

        p1 = fill(a2);

        System.out.println("+-------------+");

        System.out.println("| LinkedList  |");

        System.out.println("+-------------+");

        System.out.println("  - Ordered (by entry into the list) group of elements");

        System.out.println("  - Duplicates allowed");

        System.out.println("================================");

        System.out.println("    " + p1 + "\n");





        Set a3 = new HashSet();

        p1 = fill(a3);

        System.out.println("+-------------+");

        System.out.println("| HashSet     |");

        System.out.println("+-------------+");

        System.out.println("  - No ordering of elements");

        System.out.println("  - No duplicates are allowed");

        System.out.println("  - add, remove, and contains methods constant time");

        System.out.println("    complexity: O(c).");

        System.out.println("================================");

        System.out.println("    " + p1 + "\n");





        Set a4 = new TreeSet();

        p1 = fill(a4);

        System.out.println("+-------------+");

        System.out.println("| TreeSet     |");

        System.out.println("+-------------+");

        System.out.println("  - Ordered (by element ASCII value) group of elements");

        System.out.println("  - No duplicates are allowed");

        System.out.println("  - add, remove, and contains methods logarithmic");

        System.out.println("    time complexity: O(log(n)), where n is the number of");

        System.out.println("    elements in the group.");

        System.out.println("================================");

        System.out.println("    " + p1 + "\n");





        Map a5 = new HashMap();

        m1 = fill(a5);

        System.out.println("+-------------+");

        System.out.println("| HashMap     |");

        System.out.println("+-------------+");

        System.out.println("  - No ordering on (key, value) pairs.");

        System.out.println("  - A Map is an object that maps keys to values.");

        System.out.println("  - Also called an Associative Array or Dictionary.");

        System.out.println("================================");

        System.out.println("    " + m1 + "\n");





        Map a6 = new TreeMap();

        m1 = fill(a6);

        System.out.println("+-------------+");

        System.out.println("| TreeMap     |");

        System.out.println("+-------------+");

        System.out.println("  - (key, value) pairs are ordered on the key.");

        System.out.println("  - The implementation is based on red-black tree structure.");

        System.out.println("  - A Map is an object that maps keys to values.");

        System.out.println("  - Also called an Associative Array or Dictionary.");

        System.out.println("================================");

        System.out.println("    " + m1 + "\n");



    }





    /**

     * Sole entry point to the class and application.

     *

     * @param args Array of String arguments.

     */

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        doPrintContainer();

    }



}